In the first half of this episode, Veronica shares her story of growing up in a cult, her experience with sexual abuse, and her complicated journey that led her to confront her past and later heal. In the second half, Whitney Walker and I meet up with Veronica Monet to discuss her work, her healing journey, how others can heal, too and her upcoming book.
Topics in this episode include cults, religious trauma, therapy, healing, sexual abuse, incest, suicide, cancel culture and ancestral healing.
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P.S. We will share a special member’s only short with Veronica next week that goes deeper into the #metoo movement and surviving incest.
Music in this episode includes (Artist, Title):
Snow Bones, Begin to Begin
Wicked Cinema, Cat & Mouse
Alice in Winter, Woven
Alice in Winter, Undaunted
Alice in Winter, Atonement
Alice in Winter, Redemption
Cast of Characters, Yamabushi
Stephen Keech, Bamburgh
Moments, Universal Wonder
Pete Stewart, Under Moonlight Pale
All music is licensed to Amy Adams and the Mindful Soul Center for use. Contact [email protected] for any questions. Artwork by Amy Adams
Veronica is committed to empowering and elevating others in their most intimate relationships, including their connection to self. She combines her education and experience with deep emotional intelligence and compassion. An Internal Family Systems Informed (IFS) Relationship Coach, Certified Sexologist, Anger Specialist, and Trained Rape and Domestic Violence Counselor, she helps people from all walks of life to rebirth their sexual reality as an authentic expression of their most profound truth.
Having healed from sexual assault and domestic violence herself, she has been featured in various media outlets, including CNN, FOX, Bill Maher’s show Politically Incorrect, Yale, Stanford, and the New York Times.
Her first book, Sex Secrets of Escorts (Penguin 2005), has been translated into four languages, and you can find her articles on a variety of online platforms, including Medium.
Visit her website to learn more about my Exquisite Partnership Formula™, and join the Erotic Empowerment Zone.
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--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/youherenow/supportAuthor and storyteller Corey Rosen joins Whitney and Amy for an in-depth conversation on storytelling. We learn about what a story really is and the difference between writing a story and speaking it aloud. We talk about expectations, crafting vs telling stories and the importance of risk taking, and becoming an active and curious listener. Further we play some fun games too. A must listen for anyone who wants to become a better storyteller and how you can use story to communicate more effectively.
Besides being the author of Your Story, Well Told: Creative Strategies to Develop and Perform Stories that Wow an Audience, Corey is an Emmy-award winning writer, actor, and visual effects producer. Rosen has been featured on The Moth Radio Hour. He is an on-air personality for Alice Radio’s “The Sarah and Vinnie Show,” the #1-rated morning show in the San Francisco area. A performer at BATS Improv, he is also a writer and creative director at Tippett Studio. When not writing or performing, Corey works as a visual effects artist and executive producer. He is credited in movies including “Mission: Impossible,” several “Star Wars” films, and “Disney’s A Christmas Carol.” He has taught at NYU and Academy of Art University, written for Comedy Central, Jim Henson Productions, and Lucasfilm. You can get in touch with Corey via his webstie and follow him @storyrosen on a variety of platforms.
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Music in this episode:
Splendid Story
Written By: David Elkins
Performed By: Midnight Television
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All the Birds are Singing
Written By David Elkins
Performed By Midnight Television
Purest Form
Written by S.L.J. Kalmeijer and Performed By Sounds Like Sander
Walking Back
Written and performed by Aaron Sprinkle
On Track
Written by Sita Steele and Jacob Steele
Performed By NOVVA
I Can Still Breathe
Written and performed by Shane Becker
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--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/youherenow/supportAddiction comes in many forms and many of us unwittingly plant the seeds of them in our younger years when we experiment with various substances from food to alcohol to sex and love and other drugs. Sometimes - it seems suddenly - we find ourselves in the grip of addiction. Our storyteller today is Whitney Walker. In this episode shares her story of not one addiction but many. Whitney is in recovery, a licensed therapist and co-host of this podcast too. She shares her story and insights on addiction and recovery.
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--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/youherenow/supportIn the fourth episode of YOU HERE NOW podcast, we speak with Jan Canty, Ph.D. about a shocking event, the murder of her husband a prominent psychologist in Detroit, that turned her world upside down in the mid-80s. She shares her story with us in the first half of the podcast and the impact that this event had on her life. Nearly thirty years passed before she started to share her story with the world.
In the second half, Whitney and I sit with her to discuss her healing journey through travel and creative expression and what worked for her. We also discuss how she is making a contribution to help others who have undergone similar experiences through her podcast, The Domino Effect of Murder and her book, A Life Divided: A psychologist's memoir about the double life and murder of her husband - and her road to recovery. Her podcast talks about the survivors of murder.
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